I am eyeing the progress of the Second Penang Bridge like a hawk and with great interest. So pardon me if you find there are more news about Penang than other areas. Can’t help it because Read more »

When I saw this news, I was immediately attracted to it. China lending us money to build Penang’s second bridge? hmm… interesting. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the bridge will truly go through. Read on to satisfy your curiosity. Read more »

If you are a Penangnite or an Ipohian, this piece of development plan by the government will get you excited. If it really materialises, I could just imagine the tremendous growth in the area. The youngsters from Ipoh would no longer be everywhere except in Ipoh.

By the way, if you are wondering what is Ipoh, Ipoh is the capital of Perak state, a beautiful city well-known for its limestone caves, bougainvillea flowers and pretty girls. Hahaha

Also, it is also known as a food paradise for gourmets who loves the simple yet tasty dish. The famous bean sprout (also known as taugeh in hokkien dialect or nga choi in cantonese dialect) which is crunchy and juicy due to the clean water from the hills.

There was this saying that the girls who grew up in Ipoh are prettier because Read more »

Good news for Penang and visitors or tourists planning to go there for a holiday. You will be able to hop onto a monorail to tour around the Penang Island soon! Read the news articles below for more information. Read more »

Oh, seems like the Malaysian government is all out to woo foreigners to settle down in Malaysia. Just today, the government announced that spouse of foreigners can stay for five years before having to endorse their passports again. That could save quite a lot of hassle.

Read on for more information.
Thursday March 15, 2007, The Star

Foreign spouses of Malaysians can stay for five years without annual endorsement

PUTRAJAYA: A big relief for Malaysians married to foreigners as their spouses can now stay in the country for five years without having to go to the Immigration Department annually to endorse their passports.

The Government announced the five-fold extension period making it easier on foreign spouses who had in the past complained about the hassle in getting their passports endorsed annually.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said: “Foreigners married to Malaysian citizens could stay in the country for up till five years without having to have their passport endorsed annually as presently exercised.”

This is part of the marketing strategy aimed at further boosting the country’s tourism industry from now till 2010.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the plan includes getting more tourist arrivals from long haul destinations, to increase the number of days tourists spend in Malaysia and to encourage the arrival of tourists coming here for meeting, incentives, convention and exhibition (MICE) events.

Najib said the Cabinet Commitee on Tourism, which he chaired on Thursday had set a target of increasing up to 10%, the number of tourist arrivals for MICE events for 2010 from the present 3%.